Ex.If, after two such elections no result is reached, the chair of the Professional Committee shall choose between the tied candidates = Si después de dos elecciones no se alcanza un resultado, el presidente del Comité Profesional escogerá entre los candidatos empatados.

Ex.Rovers were slow off the mark and found themselves one down after five minutes, but Pat Daly soon had Rovers level.

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= tied, level.

Ex: If, after two such elections no result is reached, the chair of the Professional Committee shall choose between the tied candidates = Si después de dos elecciones no se alcanza un resultado, el presidente del Comité Profesional escogerá entre los candidatos empatados.

Ex: Rovers were slow off the mark and found themselves one down after five minutes, but Pat Daly soon had Rovers level.

Ex.He was awarded the bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard University, and he attended Rutgers Library School where he graduated first in his class.

Ex.It was 'exceedingly inconvenient' because the books were entered in it 'where no person who goes to consult the catalogue would expect to find them'.

Ex.Arabic numerals are used to denote further divisions, in an integral manner, running from 1 to 9999, as necessary.

Ex.Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.

Ex.She sauntered back to her desk, intending to work, and was a little perturbed to find that she could not work.

Ex.This article urges children's librarians to attack 'aliteracy' (lack of a desire to read) as well as illiteracy by taking programmes, e.g. story hours, to children who do not come to libraries.

Ex.Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.

Ex: He was awarded the bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard University, and he attended Rutgers Library School where he graduated first in his class.

Ex: It was 'exceedingly inconvenient' because the books were entered in it 'where no person who goes to consult the catalogue would expect to find them'.

Ex: Arabic numerals are used to denote further divisions, in an integral manner, running from 1 to 9999, as necessary.

Ex: Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.

Ex: She sauntered back to her desk, intending to work, and was a little perturbed to find that she could not work.

Ex: This article urges children's librarians to attack 'aliteracy' (lack of a desire to read) as well as illiteracy by taking programmes, e.g. story hours, to children who do not come to libraries.

Ex: Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.

se han construido dos escuelas más, con lo cual contaremos con más de 2.000 plazas escolares — two more schools have been built, with the result that o which means that we will have more than 2,000 school places

llegué tarde, con lo cual no pude entrar — I arrived late, which meant I couldn't get in

ese día habrá huelga de transportes, por lo cual se ha decidido postergar la reunión there will be a transport strike that day; as a result o therefore o so, it has been decided to postpone the meeting

anunció que ella había ganado, con lo cual se produjo una gran silbatina he announced that she had won, at which point o whereupon there was loud booing

Ex: The intention was to make the interior finish as flexible and adaptable as possible.

Ex: An enquirer wishes to retrieve documents on the 'finishing of concrete floors for industrial buildings'.

Ex: The finishing or final surfacing of ordinary printing papers took place in the calender of the paper-making machine, when they were said to be machine-finished.

* acabado a máquina= machine-finished.

* acabado de lujo= luxury appointment.

* acabado mate= matte finish.

* dar un nuevo acabado= refinish.

acabado2

2= finished, spent.

Ex: For storytelling and reading aloud are performance arts: They involve a script (even when the words are improvised on the spot), an interpreter (the teller or reader), and an audience, and as in all performances, the audience plays a part in molding the finished work.

Ex: If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.

= be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naught

Ex.For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.

Ex.Though the national media will ignore his candidacy, the politically pure of heart will be able to vote their conscience -- and once again have a grand old Quixotic time pissing into the wind.

Ex.This, however, was of no avail, for the whole cavity, including the external meatus, was gradually obliterated.

Ex.But the intrigue and suspense that the movie was constructing ended up all being for naught, as it ultimately failed to live up to its mystery.

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= be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naught

Ex: For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.

Ex: Though the national media will ignore his candidacy, the politically pure of heart will be able to vote their conscience -- and once again have a grand old Quixotic time pissing into the wind.

Ex: This, however, was of no avail, for the whole cavity, including the external meatus, was gradually obliterated.